Sweden 2006 | Run time: 96 min.
PRODUCER CHRISTIAN HALLMAN WILL BE LIVE IN PERSON AND CONDUCT A Q&A AFTER THE FILM.
Regional Premiere
Medical doctor Annika and her 17-year-old daughter
Saga, have just moved to Lapland, where Annika has
found work in a local hospital. The little town, with
its seemingly endless polar night, appears to be just
as boring as Saga thought it would be. However, at
her new school, she quickly becomes friends with
Vega, a red and black haired goth girl, who acts as
if she has known Saga for years. But things are not
what they seem to be in the biting winter cold. Annika
finds out there’s something not right at the hospital.
The little community is struck by mysterious deaths
and accidents. It will soon become clear to everyone
involved that when the world around you turns to
blood, the last thing you want to hear is that there’s
more than a month till dawn.
Having been horror maniacs for years, producers
Göran Lindström and Magnus Paulsson and director
Anders Banke wanted to make a modern, high value
vampire movie that had not been seen in Scandinavia
before. The polar night, with its months of endless
darkness, proved to be the ideal prowling grounds
for our favourite bloodsuckers. The excellent makeup,
awesome special effects and a superb soundtrack,
performed by the Slovak National Symphony
Orchestra, have made sure that Frostbite lives up
to its promise.
Winner: Best Film, 2006 Fantasporto Film Festival.